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• Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns citing political conflict

  08-09-2026 10:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Resignation comes after anti-graft agency finds prosecutor general’s office involved with criminal organisation dealing with fraudulent call centres
  
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• Trump DOJ targets UC Berkeley Law over enrollment of Black applicants

  10-09-2026 11:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  A joint probe by the two federal ​departments whose findings were announced on Wednesday marked the latest crackdown on diversity initiatives in ​universities
  
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• Man pictured fleeing Twin Towers on 9/11 with briefcase says ‘missing the elevator saved my life’

  10-09-2026 11:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ed Fine still uses the black briefcase that was part of the iconic image from 11September, 2001
  
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• California couple sues mortuary after nightmare series of blunders during their infant’s funeral

  10-09-2026 11:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Opening statements are expected Thursday in the trial of the lawsuit alleging a Santa Ana couple's funeral for their 2-month-old son was botched
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato foils Moscow’s plot to unleash secret weapon to destroy undersea cables in Arctic

  10-09-2026 11:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The discovery comes months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters
  
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• China snaps up 1 million tons of American soybeans in massive trade surge ahead of Xi Jinping visit to Washington

  10-09-2026 11:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  China has bought around 1 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this week
  
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• Wife learned of husband’s death online after texts went unread following Amazon jet crash

  10-09-2026 10:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five members of a cleaning crew were wrapping up their shift when they were killed as an Amazon cargo jet plowed into their van at the Miami airport
  
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• Internal White House warnings caution Trump that Iran war could last years: report

  10-09-2026 10:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have privately warnedTrump that the Iran conflict could extend through the remainder ⁠of his presidency
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky’s plane threatened by Russian drone forcing European country to shut airspace

  10-09-2026 09:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone exploded 160km from main airport as Moldova forced to shut airspace due to incoming Russian drones
  
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• The recurring nightmare that haunts British 9/11 survivor who escaped south tower

  10-09-2026 09:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Janice Brooks escaped the 84th floor of Two World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 after the first plane struck next door. Sixty-one of her colleagues did not make it out alive. She tells Caspar Barnes her story
  
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• Iran-US war latest: A-10 Thunderbolt and F-15 fighter jets ‘damaged in Iranian strikes on US bases’

  10-09-2026 08:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says US could strike Pickaxe Mountain after construction activity seen at deeply buried complex
  
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• Trump faces accusations of bribery after promising to pay Americans $5,000 each if Republicans win midterms

  10-09-2026 08:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president offered few details of the plan but said the money would have to be spent in America
  
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• TV news anchor unexpectedly named next king of a Ugandan monarchy

  10-09-2026 08:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV will be buried on Saturday in a funeral expected to be attended by tens of thousands of mourners
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Multiple US military aircraft ‘damaged in overnight Iranian strikes’

  10-09-2026 07:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says US could strike Pickaxe Mountain after construction activity seen at deeply buried complex
  
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• Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later

  10-09-2026 06:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Associated Press journalists who witnessed them recall the day
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky’s plane ‘almost hit’ by Russian drone as deadly strikes rock Moldovan border

  10-09-2026 05:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone exploded 160km from main airport as Moldova forced to shut airspace due to incoming Russian drones
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says conflict won’t end until after November midterm elections

  10-09-2026 05:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian rhetoric comes as US sanctions punish its ailing economy
  
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• Pilot of Amazon plane that overshot Miami runway repeatedly warned they were going too fast, officials say

  10-09-2026 05:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five people were killed after the plane smashed into a cleaning company van Sunday afternoon
  
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• ‘Trump dividend’ or bribery? President promises to pay $5,000 to every US adult — if Republicans win

  10-09-2026 04:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president offered few details of the plan but said the money would have to be spent in America
  
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• Trump invokes dad of wealthy Princess Di boyfriend to make crass joke about Iranians

  10-09-2026 04:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump makes racist remark about Arab-sounding names as he jokes about his Iran war in Dallas
  
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• Dog owners sent urgent warning as recall issued for popular Amazon product

  10-09-2026 04:37 via express.co.uk
  A recall has been issued for a popular dog food staple amid fears it may be contaminated with a virus that can both harm people and pets.
  
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• Trump Cabinet official appears to try and swat congresswoman’s rear as she takes stage

  10-09-2026 04:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The moment in question came as HUD Secretary Scott Turner left the stage at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Texas
  
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• Five killed and 87 missing as passenger ferry bursts into flames in popular tourist spot

  10-09-2026 04:00 via express.co.uk
  The coastguard have confirmed that 87 people remain unaccounted for after the vessel was engulfed by flames
  
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• Trump trashes Ken Paxton in convention speech meant to boost his Senate chances

  10-09-2026 03:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump-endorsed Paxton is in a competitive U.S. Senate race in Texas with Democrat James Talarico
  
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• Tim Scott mocked for over-the-top Trump event speech: ‘An SNL cold open’

  10-09-2026 02:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  One commentator compared Scott’s speech to something from a ‘TV character’
  
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• Melania’s top aide reveals their true thoughts about Natalie Harp

  10-09-2026 02:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Natalie Harp, a close aide to Donald Trump, has made headlines in recent weeks over her unusually personal relationship with the president
  
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• Trump team removed plaque critical of Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery

  10-09-2026 02:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has worked to restore monuments tied to Confederate leaders while criticizing Smithsonian exhibits that touch on slavery
  
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• Jeanine Pirro unloads on reporter who pressed her about Trump’s Reflecting Pool case

  10-09-2026 01:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president’s top federal prosecutor in DC refuses to answer questions about his demands to re-open vandalism case against ex-Olympian
  
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• Fetterman goes MAGA in Trump tribute video at GOP convention

  10-09-2026 01:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic senator will make video appearance praising Republican colleague from Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick
  
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• Fetterman to go MAGA in Trump tribute video at GOP convention: report

  10-09-2026 01:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic senator will make video appearance praising Republican colleague from Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick
  
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